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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who hails Desiderio a hero in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Anori.
(b) Kinu-Ai.
(c) Nao-Kurai.
(d) Aoi.
2. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) The Count.
(b) Albertina.
(c) Desiderio.
(d) Dr. Hoffman.
3. What does Desiderio find himself constantly struggling to recognize in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) His face.
(b) The sky.
(c) The streets.
(d) His house.
4. What does the Minister develop that tests items to assign a reality to them?
(a) A serum.
(b) A dream-meter.
(c) A headset.
(d) A computer program.
5. The people of the last village where the circus stops appear to have invited the carnival to their village to prove themselves impervious to what?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Sin.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire, Desiderio finds a collection of pictures, slides, and wax figures that represent different what?
2. When was The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman first published?
3. Why was the movement of commerce restricted on land in Chapter 3, The River People?
4. How many lovers does Desiderio find himself with in Chapter 3, The River People?
5. Nao-Kurai tells Desiderio a story of a girl who gets impregnated by what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Desiderio describe the effects of Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
2. How are the Acrobats of Desire described? What is their act like?
3. What does Desiderio learn from the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
4. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?
5. Why have the villagers invited the carnival to their town at the last stop in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What does Desiderio do there?
6. Who sends an Ambassador in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege? What is Desiderio's reaction?
7. Who does Desiderio go to for advice regarding his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What happens?
8. What disguise does Desiderio don in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What is his reaction to the setting in this chapter?
9. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives? How is it described?
10. What story does Nao-Kurai tell Desiderio before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?
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